Nonprofit insights and stories
A roundup from around the web
Insights for the nonprofit workplace
How do you know if you are being strategic? Google engineer Dimitri Glazkov shares insights that are relevant to us in nonprofits too: intention, diagnosis, and iteration. Hat tip to Jeanne Bell)
How to give critical feedback. I've tried some of these out during tense situations and found them quite helpful. (Hat tip Roberto Ferraro)
Looking for inspiration?
Such an encouraging story. Guinea Worm, a painful and debilitating parasitic disease infected 3.5 million people in 1986. Remarkably, cases have dropped to 14. Yes, that's not a typo -14. Read more here (Associated Press) (hat tip The Chronicle of Philanthropy)
Such a need for this, Bravo! Nonprofits transforming civic education (via Philanthropy Roundtable)
Some philanthropic efforts defied the odds. What can we learn from them? 15 case studies of philanthropic impact (via The Bridgespan Group)
What I’m reading
The Municipal Financial Crisis: A Framework for Understanding and Fixing Government Budgeting, by Mark Moses Thought provoking - had no idea what city budget managers were up against. Many nonprofits are recipients of municipal grants, I found it interesting to read about the complex struggle for useful information for making decisions and trade offs in city government. (Hat tip Eileen Norcross)
Designing Your Life: How to build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life, Bill Burnett and Dave Evans (Hat tip Chaz Cirame)
image source: Dimitri Glazkov